git/Documentation/git-var.txt
Eric W. Biederman aed022ab4c [PATCH] Add git-var a tool for reading interesting git variables.
Sharing code between shell scripts and C is a challenge.  The program
git-var allows us to have a set of named values that a shell script can
interrogate and a normal C program can simply call the functions that
compute them.  Allowing sharing when computing plain test values.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-07-15 10:00:35 -07:00

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git-var(1)
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v0.1, July 2005
NAME
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git-var - Print the git users identity
SYNOPSIS
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git-var [ -l | <variable> ]
DESCRIPTION
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Prints a git logical variable.
-l causes the logical variables to be listed.
EXAMPLE
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$git-var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT
Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@lnxi.com> 1121223278 -0600
VARIABLES
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GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT
The author of a piece of code.
GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT
The person who put a piece of code into git.
Diagnostics
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You don't exist. Go away!::
The passwd(5) gecos field couldn't be read
Your parents must have hated you!::
The password(5) gecos field is longer than a giant static buffer.
Your sysadmin must hate you!::
The password(5) name field is longer than a giant static buffer.
See Also
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link:git-commit-tree.html[git-commit-tree]
link:git-tag-script.html[git-tag-script]
Author
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Written by Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Documentation
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Documentation by Eric Biederman and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
GIT
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Part of the link:git.html[git] suite